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Lesson 4: Inferenco
Read the passage. Select the statements that make logical inferences
A legend is a popular type of folk tale. In some ways, legends resembre
another type of folk tale. But myths describe events from antiquity and usually deal
with religious subjects, such as the birth of a god. Legends tell of recognizable
people, places and events and often take place in comparatively recent times.
Some legends are based on real persons or events, but many are entirely fictional.
The legends of the superhuman accomplishments of Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill
are imaginary, while the legends about Washington and Lincoln are mostly
exaggerations of real qualities those two presidents had. All societies have legends.
Most legends began as stories about the heroes of a particular region, occupation,
or ethnic group. For example, John Henry was a legendary hero of black
Americans, and Casey Jones of railroad workers. Over time, however, these figures
have become national heroes.

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification